Oneonta Club Presents
10/12 Monday Meeting
October 12th (MON), 2020, 6pm - 8pm via Zoom
Chaired by Dean Serwin
SPEAKER
Alan Feldstein is a “recovering” lawyer who in 2000 made his first trip to Africa and fell in love. He went back to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, track chimps and then in 2008 took his children to Africa and became one of the first people to kayak off the coast of Tanzania. It was then and there he decided the legal profession was no longer for him, came home and started Infinite Safari Adventures (https://www.infinitesafariadventures.com/). He now offers custom wildlife safaris in 12 different countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. But Alan’s passion about Africa is not just about doing business there but giving back. While 30 minutes is not sufficient to discuss all that he is involved in, Alan will discuss how he befriended a Patrick, a Maasai warrior, paid for his college education and then with his help built a water well in a village where the women used to walk 4 hours to get water. He will also discuss his involvement as a trustee of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (https://cheetah.org/) and their work in saving cheetahs of which there are less than 7500 in the wild. Alan is a member of the Explorers Club in NY, the Adventurers Club of Los Angeles and in addition to the Cheetah Conservation Fund sits on the Board of The Bird School Project, and the advisory board of Over & Above Africa.
ENTERTAINMENT:
Matt Sorum is more than just the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member drummer of Guns N’ Roses, The Cult and Velvet Revolver. In addition to fronting his own star-studded greatest hits band, Kings of Chaos (https://kingsofchaosband.com/), Matt has released two albums of his own material, and is involved in various charitable endeavors, from bringing music programs into LAUSD schools through his charity, Adopt the Arts (https://www.adoptthearts.org/), to promoting the plight of wild dolphins alongside Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project (https://www.dolphinproject.com/). Matt also recently released a video cover of Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down to raise awareness for front line health workers (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=351011979265131&extid=oIZ1aMz1ipBgj9OJ).
